World Lacrosse today announced the 62-game schedule for the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship, set for August 15-24 on Jeju Island in Korea.
The championship will feature 20 teams split into five groups for pool play, followed by playoffs that will include quarterfinals, semifinals and medal games. The top four teams from the 2022 edition of the event – United States, Canada, Haudenosaunee and Australia – were placed into Pool A, while the remaining 16 teams were snake seeded into pools based on their finishes at the 2022 edition of the tournament and balanced by Continental Federation.
Competition will take place at Gongcheonpo Training Center, with six to eight games per day across two fields. The center previously hosted the 2022 Asia-Pacific Lacrosse Union Men’s Championship.
The event will commence August 15, featuring four games preceding the opening ceremony, with China facing Mexico alongside Ghana facing Hong Kong, China, in the first two matches. After the opening ceremony, host Korea will take on New Zealand while Japan faces the Netherlands.
The eight teams not in action on day one will begin their campaigns on August 16, highlighted by a gold medal rematch between the United States and Canada in the first game of the day.
Pool play will take place over five days, with each team playing three games. The four Pool A teams will advance directly to the quarterfinal round, while the top two teams from Pools B through E will enter a play-in round on Wednesday, August 20.
The four play-in round winners will advance to the quarterfinals on Thursday, August 21, before the semifinals and eventual medal round games on Sunday, August 24.
The full schedule can be found here and is depicted below, as well as the pools, with teams listed in alphabetical order. Tickets will go on sale to the public soon.
Pool A
Australia
Canada
Haudenosaunee
United States
Pool B
Ghana
Hong Kong, China
Japan
Netherlands
Pool C
England
Jamaica
Korea
New Zealand
Pool D
China
Ireland
Israel
Mexico
Pool E
Germany
Kenya
Puerto Rico
Chinese Taipei
